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Movies that feel likePoor Things (2023)

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

If you loved Poor Things, the closest films we have are Toc Toc (2017), Palm Springs (2020) and Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). All three share Poor Things' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Modern Romance (1981).

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Toc Toc
2017 Β· dir. Vicente Villanueva
β˜… 6.8comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Trades the ideas of Poor Things for an angle of its own

A group of patients meet at a prestigious psychologist's office. Apart from the day and time of the appointment, something else unites them all: all six suffer from OCD. But the plane bringing the doctor is unexpectedly delayed, which forces them to spend an endless wait until the doctor shows up. Will they be able to keep their manias, impulses, convulsions, obsessions and rituals at bay during the wait?

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Palm Springs
2020 Β· dir. Max Barbakow
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· romance Β· science fictionHulu

Cerebral and romantic in the same breath

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

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Safety Not Guaranteed
2012 Β· dir. Colin Trevorrow
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· romance Β· science fiction

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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Phantom Thread
2017 Β· dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4drama Β· romanceNetflix

Two things both keep coming back to: obsession and doctor

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Poor Things does

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

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Modern Romance
1981 Β· dir. Albert Brooks
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7comedy Β· drama Β· romancePrime Video

Common ground: obsession

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.

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50 First Dates
2004 Β· dir. Peter Segal
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· romanceParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

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The Girl on the Train
2016 Β· dir. Tate Taylor
πŸ… 44%β˜… 6.5crime Β· mystery Β· thrillerStarz

Both are built on the same subject: domestic abuse

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

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Bugonia
2025 Β· dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· thriller Β· comedyNetflix

The same hand behind both of them: Yorgos Lanthimos

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

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Key of Life
2012 Β· dir. Kenji Uchida
β˜… 7.3comedy Β· crime

Comedy with a pulse of grit, in both cases

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.

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A Heart in Winter
1992 Β· dir. Claude Sautet
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

One thread runs through both: love

Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.

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Saltburn
2023 Β· dir. Emerald Fennell
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7drama Β· comedy Β· thrillerPrime VideoMax

Both lean on obsession more than on romance

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

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The Nutty Professor
1996 Β· dir. Tom Shadyac
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.7comedy Β· science fiction Β· romance

Romantic science fiction in both cases

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

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